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Kerry Woodward, a Wyndmoor resident, helped found Philadelphia Financial Scholars, an organization that partners with city high schools to provide free personal finance curriculum and training to teachers.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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9/24/26
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Catherine Wuenschel, of Wyndmoor, is a lover of rescued dogs.
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by Len Lear
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9/24/26
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Tara Maguire had never seriously created art until 2017, when she went to an art class at Woodmere with her mother, philanthropist and artist Frances (Frannie) Maguire.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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9/24/26
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When we embarked on our readers’ poll for favorite sandwiches, we didn’t expect to be drawn into the age-old foodie debate of the definition of a sandwich.
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by the Local Foodie Team
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9/24/26
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Lois Cox, of Oreland, received a letter from Springfield Township officials informing her that she has been chosen to receive their “Beautiful Springfield Award.”
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by Len Lear
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9/17/26
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Joseph M. “Joe” Ascenzi, 71, former owner of Laurel Hill Gardens, a garden center and landscape company in Chestnut Hill, for 44 years until his retirement in 2025, passed away peacefully on Aug. 29.
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by Len Lear
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9/17/26
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Now that summer is winding down, you might be feeling a bit melancholy about not being able to enjoy all of the wonderful seafood you had at the shore this summer. Well, fear not!
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by the Local Foodie Team
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9/10/26
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In 2020, Belle Sandella’s 47-year-old cousin was diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer. He was given three months to live.
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by Jeff Meade
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9/10/26
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William “Bill” Allen Good, a longtime federal public servant, father, husband, brother, and uncle—died on August 19, 2026, in Wyndmoor, Pa. after a courageous battle with cancer. He was 74.
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9/9/26
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A lawsuit filed by a Mt. Airy resident against the School District of Philadelphia is now scheduled for trial in July of 2027.
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by Abby Weiss
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9/9/26
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Dr. Aisa G. Lopez, a beloved physician and longtime member of the Chestnut Hill community, died peacefully on Saturday, August 22, 2026, at the age of 95.
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9/3/26
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This week in Chestnut Hill Local history
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9/3/26
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If you’ve been sneezing, coughing, congested, or have had a runny nose or itchy eyes in the past few weeks, chances are it’s not a cold or COVID.
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by Robert Calandra
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9/3/26
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The fall is approaching and you’re a bit under the weather, sneezing, coughing and generally feeling lethargic. Is it a cold, COVID-19, the flu or fall allergies?
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by Robert Calandra
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9/3/26
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This week in Chestnut Hill Local history
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8/27/26
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No doubt about it: Northwest residents are a well-caffeinated bunch! And they are passionate about their favorite spots.
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by The Local Foodie Team
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8/27/26
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If you have walked or driven lately past Locals Coffee Roastery & Cafe at 800 E. Willow Grove Ave. in Wyndmoor, you undoubtedly have seen the spectacular new mural outside on the building.
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by Len Lear
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8/20/26
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Evelyn Hoopes Miller died Friday July 31, 2026. Eve was pre-deceased by her devoted husband Richards Galt Miller, her parents, Emily Sydney Hawkins Murphey and William Rhoads Murphey Jr. and …
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8/19/26
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Kathleen Marie (McKenna) Winter, a talented painter, former longtime Chestnut Hill resident, devout Catholic and spiritual support for many friends and family members, died peacefully on June 9 at age 91.
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by Len Lear
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8/6/26
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“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe,” posed renowned naturalist and Sierra Club founder John Muir in the 1894 book “The Mountains of California."
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by Charlottte Kidd
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8/6/26
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